Execution:The Discipline Of Getting Things Done
by Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan
Price: N5000
Product Code: 1366974663
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Number of Pages: 278
Binding: Hard Cover
Publisher: Crown Business
Edition: Second Edition
ISSN: 9780609610572
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Summary: Execution breaks with the tradition of many business books by focusing on the things people do at work rather than on the way in which they do them. The authors take issue with the overly hands-off approach of leaders who see Execution as the tactical side of the business, something they can delegate, while they focus on the bigger picture. I couldn’t agree more! As an organisation’s leader, the whole purpose of the job is to get things done, to achieve the objectives of the organisation and to deliver results.
The authors suggest that execution is “the missing link between aspirations and results”. As evidence, they point to the significant number of CEOs who fail. For example, in 2000 alone, 40 of the top 200 CEOs in America’s Fortune 500 list were removed from post – not retired, but fired or made to resign. When 20% of the most senior business people in a country lose their jobs in just one year, something must be wrong.